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IOC approves Oklahoma City to host Olympic softball, canoe slalom during the 2028 Los Angeles Games
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Los Angeles Olympics appear to be heading to Oklahoma — about 1,300 miles east of the host city. In an effort to maximize existing facilities and keep costs down, Los Angeles organizers have proposed that softball and canoe slalom be held in Oklahoma’s...
Attorneys say Biden administration’s new safety standards for migrant children in custody not enough
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for migrant children who arrived to the United States on their own say the Biden administration’s new rules are not enough to ensure their safety while they are in U.S. custody and should not replace a decades-old agreement from a court settlement that requires...
Athletics to move to 1st week of 2028 Olympics, swimming to 2nd week, plus some venues changed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on Friday announced changes to its venue plan that it says will create an estimated $156 million in combined savings and revenue increases. Swimming will be held in a temporary pool at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, with its 38,000...
Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will ask a judge next week to let him out of jail to prepare for his trial on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis' attorney filed documents...
Trump dwarfs Biden in latest fundraising numbers in show of political force after felony convictions
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign outraised President Joe Biden by more than $60 million last month, according to federal filings that detailed the Republican fundraising explosion sparked by Trump's felony convictions. Biden's campaign and the Democratic National Committee...
Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned 'M.A.S.H.' to 'Hunger Games,' dies at 88
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88. Sutherland died Thursday in Miami after a long illness, according to...
Orange County judge can stand trial for murder in wife's shooting death, judge says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California judge can stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, another judge ruled Thursday, after finding there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. The decision came after a preliminary hearing for Orange County...
Here's what you need to know about the lawsuit against the NFL by 'Sunday Ticket' subscribers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The way the NFL can distribute its package of out-of-market games could be decided in federal court as the result of a class-action lawsuit. Subscribers to the NFL's “Sunday Ticket” package are claiming the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package...
After Drake battle, Kendrick Lamar turns victory lap concert into LA unity celebration
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Not content with merely taking a victory lap after winning his battle against fellow rap superstar Drake, Kendrick Lamar turned his Juneteenth “Pop Out” concert at the Forum into a cathartic livestreamed celebration of Los Angeles unity. Lamar curated...
Treason trial of Russian American woman opens as tensions rise between Washington and Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — The trial of a Russian American dual citizen whom Russia accuses of treason opened on Thursday as tensions rise between Washington and Moscow, including over the arrests of two American journalists. The trial is being held behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg, in the...
